So here it is! The beginnings of my vegetable garden. I had big plans for this space but given that it is very nearly May I had to simplify a little so I can get my plants in the ground on time.
We started about a week ago with just lawn area. Luckily we are landscapers so we had just about everything we needed right at our fingertips, except time. We started by skimming the grass off, with a skid steer of course. The garden is 20' x 20' so by hand it would have taken too long, and too back breaking for this girl at 5 months pregnant.
As of Sunday morning we had just a bare patch of soil that was in desperate need of tilling. So with grandma in charge of the little one, we set out to get this patch ready for planting.
We tilled the entire area and removed the loose soil from the pathways into the bed areas, all by hand now so as not to compact our lovely soil. We put a layer of crusher run down for the pathways to be topped with pea gravel and then compacted to make a sturdy path. Eventually I hope to put down some blue stone but for now this will do. We managed to get stakes in the ground for the temporary chicken wire fence as well.
All that's left now is to finish the pathway, put up a gate and fencing and then start growing! I hope to show you the finished product any day now. I'll also try to show the garden as it progresses throughout the growing season and some tips and tricks I learn along the way (maybe even some printable planning sheets). Happy gardening!
